Over the years I have been asked several times if we have formal lessons, do my children sit at a desk, do we work the same hours as the schools and have the same term time.
Well James does have a desk, he uses it occasionally, but not because he has to.
No, we don't have formal lessons, why would they need to be formal.
We don't have the same term time, we start one week later and usually finish at least one week earlier.
As for the same hours? Well we start at 9am and aim to finish around 3pm but that has only happened recently since we have become more structured as he has got older.
In the times of BTC though (Before The Console) James did not have a timetable of any kind because he was mainly learning through play, which he did throughout the day until he went to bed.
Now, because of the dreaded console time, which I feel is a problem in many a household, I need to be more structured in my approach to not only home education, but in how James now fills his time.
So having a time set, like finishing at 3pm, means that James then gets his free time, which will involve, TV, YouTube on his phone, and one hour only on the Xbox.
Anyway, I was reminded about the question which asked if my children sat at a desk, because James did his maths and English this morning sat at the breakfast bar with a cup of tea while I sat next to him peeling potatoes for our dinner 😃
Then we made a start on the Egyptians, with James playing an adventure tomb game on the PC which looked at Canopic jars, tombs and hieroglyphics. He then had a go at Egyptian art, which is now on our wall display.
Coasts was just a worksheet about rivers as we were due to be at the lego club for our local Home Educators group, followed by a long afternoon in the park.
Louise
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